New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1887-01-14
MUSIC-THE DRAMA.
MIR. VAN DER sTUCKENs CONCERT

MR. VAN DER STUCKENS CONCERT.
A delighted audience listened to the third of Mr..
Van dor Stuckens symphonic concerts in Chickering
Hall last night Every seat was filed. many people
stuod and enthusiastic applause followed every num-
Der OF the programme. In bis selection Mr. Van der
Stucken exoeJt in single instance. was as happy as
he has uniformly been since he began his interesting
concerts in this city The exception was tho second OF
NJ. Oxide Musn's violin solos -Paganini's Mott
pcrpctno 1t is proper enough thing to permit solo
performers to display their technical abilities. but
there are hundreds of positions tor the violin which
serye this end and yet music. Mr.. Musn has
made VA admire his remarkable skill in bowling scores
OF times heretofore and managed at the same time to
delight us with his refined musical taste. Last night
too be PLAYED Corelliss " La Follia" archaic air
with archaic variations. with a broad dignity and
style finished and refined that 1t gave the sin
cerest pleasure to every music IN the audience
IL was 81 pity that married the eject OF this perform
ance by appendng Paganins trashy show piece.
The other solo performers Of the evening Nere Miss
Marie Van sol rano and Mr. William Ii. SHERWOOD,
pianist. Miss sang with char ming voice and
and unaffected style air from Mr.. George r. Whit
ing Tale OF the Viking" tho c0mpostOn with which
effected her entrance the metropol itan stage
nearly two years ago She has been heard several
in conceTtrooms since and has never faiied
please Sac deserves the popularity which, she it
winning Mr.. Sherwood. in the Schubert Liszs
WanIerer Fantasia" accomplished the most notable
perform which he has placed 10 his credit since he
came to New York From every omit OF view ii was
thoroughly adfnlf3De. anu TIE synpaInellc hccom-
panneut OF the orchestra under Dir. Van der Stuck
ems intelligent guidance co ltbuted great deal to
the excel effect made by the poetical conpUsIton
Mr.. sherwood also played WeDers Po.cnaise bril-
lante," az arranged ty List
The ORCHESTRAL numbers Rats overture Elm
feste Burg composed Tor tho drama Bernhard Won
Weimar. written by benast the comp osers fathef,n
lawj n transcription of the mag cal garden scene 10
Waguer's ParssI." the interiu,e from Mr.. Van der
SiucGens unfinished opera Vlasda," which has been
heard here on one two previous occasions. and
Cosssck dance IRON Tsehaikowsky's Mazeppa." The
orchestra played we'll The excerpt frcm Wagners
last work demands word Mr.. Van der Stucken took
the tempo surpsn1y fast and thereby sacrificed some
OF tho grace aud exquisite poe ica charm OF The piece
OF music, which is OF the most beautiful OF Wag
ners lntterdsy conceptions but possibly he ielt him
self justified doug so by tue circumstance that he
bringing the pecs forward a. concert piece not
a. a fragment OF opera The Transcription was made,
we believe, by "A German musician named Stein bach.
Is method OF procedure something like that OF
Wagner himself in preparing excerpts iron the Nioe-
lung tetraoy TO. concert performance IL therefore
hiss respectable sanction The voice parts were written
into the and the compositions given form
by rs introduction matter used and few clos
ing oars IL proved to no charming concert number,
though those who have stage acquaintance with
Parsfa" viii hesitate. TO eKteud the haad OF friend
ship TO t.